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Beginning Sept. 1, the Nooranis will have full custody of Shayaan, 3, and Riyaan, 6.

The two boys will live with their aunts and uncles in Boonton, according to Freda Khan, lawyer for the Noorani family.

Their mother Nazish was murdered a year ago this week. Their father, Kashif Parvaiz, has been implicated in the crime, accused of plotting the murder and having it carried out by a female friend from Boston.

“It’s great to have the kids,” said Kaleem Noorani, Nazish’s brother. “It’s much better for the kids. They are going to have a good education. They are happy.”

Noorani said the family plans to take the kids to a few parks and spend some quality summer time as a family before the rigors of school set in.

“Soon they will be busy with homework,” he said.

The Parvaiz family will have visitation rights during holidays, Khan said.

Khan, a New York based attorney, believed the outcome was inevitable and said everyone was glad the children would be spared a “lengthy and very emotional” court proceeding.

The two families had been sharing custody for nearly a year, with the children switching every week between the Noorani and the Parvaiz family.

“My clients are very happy,” Khan said. “The only way we can describe it is as a bittersweet outcome. They are happy but this will never replace the loss of the their sister.”

Riyaan, 6, and Shayaan, 3, pictured in a handout photo.

Noorani died of multiple gunshots to the chest. She and Parvaiz were visiting Noorani’s family during the observation of Ramadan.

Parvaiz, 26, and Antoinette Stephen, 27, of Billerica, Mass., were both charged with her murder.

Morris County Assistant Prosecutor Matt Troiano has said his office has no intention of offering either defendant a chance to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence.

Stephen was also indicted on charges of aggravated assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly wounding Parvaiz to make it look like he was not involved in the attack on his wife.

The murder sparked national interest after Parvaiz told police that shots were fired by three men who shouted racial epithets and called the Muslim family “terrorists.”

His story fell apart as investigators questioned him at Morristown Medical Center, and he admitted to arranging the shooting of his Pakistan-born wife, according to a court affidavit.